Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wheal Beauchamp, Wheal Buller And Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK

mindat Locality ID: 997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-997.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wheal Beauchamp, Wheal Buller And Beauchamp, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°13'12"N
Longitude: 5°12'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.22,-5.2147222222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Rutile

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: C Cu Fe H O S Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cu Fe H O S Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore None Rutile

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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